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ip»ii«^-"f7W.-a' â- i. â-  I I m^m^ i^ «"^ W \ TUK gUKKN'8 HALI'. Uaenlllo«ut CiMttimeii Dlniiluyotl by Titled LAdieH Mt the Latent Statu UutliurliiK. A London cable says : The first state ball of the Boasoii laet ovonini- wiia numor- oualy atteuded. lu the absenue of the (jueon the I'rince and rrincesa of Wales received tlio (jtiosts. The drcssea in the lar){e and stately apartments of the fine old palaco wore boou to the beat possible advantage. Myriads of li(;ht8 were rollected with woudorful effect from many mirrors and a profusion of llowora arranged in bankn and maustm formed a delightful foreground to a miniature foroet of trees, ferns, palms and tall plants with varied and vivid hued foliage. As for the dancers, they looked like a fairy kali^idoBCopo, in whicli all the bDautifiU pieoea kopt up measure and rhythmical motion, each bright and delicate color identifying itself with a human form and face. Only in the pauses of the daiicea could the details of dress be obHorve<l. Among the grand display of toilets I mention two. Tho Marchionesu of Lans- downe, who made her ro-entreo iu London society, wore a broadly striped silk and satin of pure gleaming white, imdered still more effeotive by having a silk stri^)e subtly interwoven with glittering silver, which shone like diamond dust scattered over snow. The front of the gown was a soft mass of white mousseline de chilf jn, cut out at the edges and embroidered with white Bilk. Tho embroidery was cleverly arranged so as to fall at the edge of the skirt over a thick racho of cut out white silk, and to form a fascinating uo<juille up the left aide. The bodice was of striped material, the berthu being of mousseline dc cbiffuo, which goes into clinging and in- comparably soft and becoming folds. Lady Mandoville wore a droaa of bright daffodil yellow satin and tulle. It waamoat effectively trimmed with antiiiuo gold lace, dotted over with tiny glittering spangles of polished gold. It was observed that diamonds wore more worn than pearls. Jewels have oome into fashion again thisyear. Many dross bodices were dotted over tho front with diamond clasps, star and other devices. Diamond necklaces, pendants, bracelets, and tiaraa were numerous and in several cases sprays and single stones held in [lositiou tho folds of tho draiiery of skirts, more especially where lace was used. There was much latitude in tho matter of sleeves, some consisting of a knot of ribbon and a rosebud, while others were compose iof lace tulle or lisBO. I'earl and bead trimmings were lavishly used on both skirts aud bodices, but galloons of gold or silver gua/xi were oven mure largely mtroduced as trim- mings. The (iriiud Diiohesa Yaldimir gave a ball at Kt. Petersburg to wlebrate the 'JOth an- niversary of the birthday of the (Czarevitch, at which all the ladies appeared in white and all the gentlemen in rod. The Kinprcss was in white satin ciiiliroiilered in golil and she literally bla/.ed with diamonds from head to fo<H. Most of the company wore fancy dresses, tho hostiss being arrayeil in a picturesijno Knglish cuutume of the time of Queen Kli/.aboth with a profusion of diamonds and pearls. There wore also some magnillcent Kastern costumes. ♦ SKNMATlVt.N AT LOUISVI I.I.K. TcuiperniKte ApoMtla Altirpliy'a Sou Jultli KlofH-H with Jt Hol-lttly Itflln. A Louiavillo, Ky., despatch saya : Boclity here is stirred by the elopement TueKday night of one of its gaycHt and prettiest girls with John Murphy, the 21-yi!ar-old sou of Francis Murphy, the temperance lecturer. The lady is Miss Lucy, oecond daughter of Lawriinco Uichardson, I'residoiit of tho old Kentucky Woolen Mills, ami one of Lonisville's wealthiest citizens. Hhe is 1'.) years old and her debut fourteen months ago was all that wealth lavished u|H)n youth iwid beauty could make it. Bho became »o- ijuaintod with Murphy during the recent tem{)«rance meetings here and within a month they were engaged. I'rancis Mur- phy arrived here on Monday on his way liome to i'ittsbnrg, and stopped over a day at tho Ualt House. That night Miss Uichardson took tea with a friend at the hotel and mot her allianced, apparently by chance. Ity arrangements then made they wont to Jacksonville on Tuosday night and were married. When tho Kiuhardsoiis hoard of it, to avoid talk, tho young couple were taken in haml hy tho bride's brother and remarried by the Kov. C. JC. Hemphill, pastor of her father's church. They left at unce for a trip east. Francis Murphy says he know of tho engagement and thought Mr. Itichardson consented. lie himself was strongly opposed to the mar- riagi' now, bcctause the young man hail no settled business. Neither he nor his wife was present at either ceremony, ♦ A Twill rarty» A novelty in the way of entertainments was a twin party, which was given in Ht, Luula one evening last week. It was a gathering of twins, old and young, to enjoy themselves. It was devised hy the Morrill twins, young men of 21, the sons of a former llaptiat clergyman of Hi. Louis, and whonro toenter theThoologiual Hchool at Uochester this week. There were four- teen pairs present. A musical and literary programme of exercises was rendered ex- clusively by twins, but one of the most interesting features was the recital of anec- iluteu regarding the confusion and mistakes that have been caused by tho similarity of twins. The Itrhle'M Name u-ait A una I I heard a lovely story the other day of a wedding which took place in Houth Africa. The bride's little Kunday school scholars came to witness the ceremony, and clus- tered around the door to witness the ar- rival of the guests. When the bride's mother arrived, resplendent in satin and lace, they evidently thought that some demonstration was duo from them, and summoning to their aid their courage and their liible teaching, they gave a big shout of "Hosannal Hoaannal " I am afraid they failed to perceive why they were promptly suppressed.â€" /.imddn hiijaro. , ^ A I.OHH to lIlHlory. The recent lire at tho nllioe of the Aberdeen Journal was most disastrous, as the files for more than ono hnndred years were destroyed, and they contained a.;om- plete chronicle of all tho events that have occurred in Hootland during that period. The first volnme oontained a long " porsonal Damlive" of the rebellion of lliS-G, DAltlNU TUAIN RUUBKK8. UMi>urat« Fight Uetweeu Tliievei and Tralu Mea â€" Twro of the Itallway Men Fatally Iqjuretl. A Cincinnati despatch aays : At 11 o'clock last night a daring attempt was made to rob tho "Big four" train which left Indianapolis early in the evening. Tho train stopped at Delhi, a small station about eight miloa from here, and when about a milo farther on its way and run- ning quite slowly five men jumped on board. Three of them boarded the bag- gage car and two entered the cab of the l3coiiiotive. The baggagemaater, Joseph Kitcham, tried to eject them. The three men jumped upon him, bat he foaght to save the valuables in thecar. Baddenly there were five shots and Ketchamfell totheUoor of the car. In the cab of tho engine the two other robbers were meantime battling with Kngineer James Boyd and his fire- man, who were trying to compel them to jjinp off. There was a pitched battle, in which the robbers were beaten off the engine. Conductor Wm. Lefer was also attacked by the ruffians. Ho rushed into the baggage car just as the robbers were preparing to rifle the car. There was another light, in which the robbers wore put off the train. Tho engineer had by this time stopped tho train. On arrival here Conductor Lefer notilied tho police. At midnight a special train was made up and twenty-live men in charge of Chief Gill went to tho scene of the robbery. The citizens of Delhi, armod with all kinds of weapons, are searching the woods for the desperadoes. At 12 30 KherifT Scott and a posse of men left for Delhi. When the train arrived in this city Dr. Muscraft was on hand aud examined Ketcham. Uo is shot twice in tho stomach and once in the back of the head. He cannot live. Engineer Uuyd is also serioosly injured. The back of his head was beat into a pulp with the butt end of a revolver. It is feared he can- not recover. II. J. Zimmerman, the express messen- ger, says the men were expert robbers. Ue saya their pistols were of large calibre, and that they seemed cool and courageous. Tho appearance of tho baggage car indicates a doa2>erate struggle between Ketcham and his three assailants. Uin lantern was smashed and he had evidently fought courageously. Tho railway company will offer a largo reward for the arrest of the robbers, 'i'here was only b 1,000 in express packages on tho train, and the robbers could have no particular motive except the general robbery of the passengers and t:ain LuteMt S4'ut4'li N'eWH, General Gordon's statue is to stand in front of Hobert Gordon's College, Aber- deen. Tho only towns in Scotland to which the title of city is now generally given are Kdinburgh, Glasgow, I'erth and Aberdeen. The (jiieon has expressetl her intention to visit ilie Glasgow Kxhibitioii soon, pro- viilcd her other arraii<;omcnt8 will permit. Uev. Principal Uainy.of lOdinburgh, was on the '.'Ith ult. presented at Inverness I'reo Assembly with a testimonial amount- ing to upwards of X'l.OOO. The grand total for tho sixtuen days up to May LTith, during which the Glasgow Kxhibitioii has been open, fiHH.IOJ have visited it, or an average of .30, 7711 per day. When the yueeii arrived at Uallater on the "JUnd ult.. rn roiilf for Halmural, the station waH laid with i:rimaon i^lsth, and the jiublio wero excluded from tho building. An exhibition lias been held in London, under the patromigo of the (Countess of Aberdeen, with the object of bringing Shet- land wiiol under public notice. Lonl KoHobiry'H vinit to Inverness has been fixed for tlii! I Ith nf .Tuiie, and it is understood that he will proo<'od to Wick on tho folowiiig day to receive tho freedom of the burgh. A committee has been formed to prose- cute the erection of a memorial tablet over the grave in I.k- (irange (Cemetery of the late Mr. ,Jftme>i Kiiiiili, nf l.dinb'ir* h. tho author of " Weo .loiikydaidles." Mr. Donnelly, artist, has received a com- mission from Kir ,lain<'H King to paint the scene at tho (Central Ktation, (llasgow, when, on the arrival of the I'rincess of Wales, Lady King presented a bouquet to the l'rinc<HS. Mr. Thoniae II. Cox, who promised to endow a chair of anatomy in University (College, in coiine<:tion with the proposed establishment of a medical scdiool in Dun- dee, has given L't'>0() in addition to the ICl'J.OOO formerly intimated. The Marl of Aberdeen has sent throe im- portant family portraits to the Kxhibitioii which is to be ofxiiiod at Melbourne. They are all by Kir Thomas Lawrence, and they are the [loi'traitH of the fourth Karl, of his (Countess, the I^ady Amio Douglas, and of Viscount Melville. (Colonel ,1. Macdonald Leitli, (C.lt., died on the 2'Jnd ult. at Gibraltar. A niitive of Kdinburgh, ho had served thirty-one years with the 7'.Hh Highlanders, aiidconimanded that regiment during the Egyptian cam- paign anil the Nile expedition. Uev. Donald (Cook, in Dundee Presby- tery, while declaring himself against pecu- niary compensation to the publicana, suggested that there ought to he a time compensation. Ho would give a fair limit of years, live or ton, iu which to wind up the concern and realize the goodwill. A Iteiiiarltiilile Voyage. A San Fianoiseo, (Cal., despatch saya : The Itritish hark Balaklava arrived yester- day from London after a remarkably long voyage of one year and seventy four days. Her misfortiuioa were umny- There is not a sailor aboard who shipped on her from Kngland. Ten sailors were washed over- board and drowned in a storm off (Capa Horn. While at Valparaiso for repairs the remainder of tho crew deHorted. The bark was again canght in a storm after leaving the port and lost two more men. * . Not So Very Suilileii After All. MiaaGladysâ€" You appeared very abruptly with your errand a while ago. You must not come eo suddenly into tlie room when Mr. Hmithera is spending the evening with mo. Hridgotâ€" HnddontI And is it suddeiily ye call it, and mo at the kayhole a fuil three-ipiarters of an hourl-i/uryier's Basar If a man sue<l for broach of promise wore to set up the ilefence of temporary insanity he would oortainly prove hia case by refer enoe to his old love letters. THE COACHMAN AOAIN. Anotlier Youiifi: llelreHa Marries Her Qroom. On a recent morning a cab stopped at Brown's Bar, I^eamington, and a highly dreaeed woman of '2o, carrying a banch of gardenais and maidenhair fern, accom- panied by a groom, stepped oat and walked to the office of the Huperintendent Regis- trar of Marriages, where they were " made one " by special license. The bridegroom signed himself James Albert Levey, groom, Cnbbington, and the bride described her- self as the daughter of Hanbury Williams, a large landed proprietor at Abergavenny. Mr. Wiltiama visited Leamingtou to Hud to his dismay that he was too late to pre- vent tho wedding. Ho discovered aome time ago that his daughter (who was an heiress in her own right) was unusually fond of her groom. Levey had been in his employ for about twelve months, and apparently won the affections of hia mia- trtsa in a very short time, for love pas- Bagea had been noticed bet wen them for six or Bovon months. To separate the two and put an end, as ho thought, to the affair, Mr. Williams sent his daughter to some relatives iu Devonshire. It does not appear that he told hia relatives the story of his daughter's love-making. Almost as soon as Levey foand out that his sweetheart had been removed he re- ceived a letter from her informing hira of her whereabouts, and suggesting a plan of campaign. Levey left Abergavenny and \ presented himself to the lady's relatives as | a cousin of Miaa Williams. They suspected ; nothing and allowed the lovers fall liberty, i An elopement waa then arranged. Levey paid a ipiiet visit to the house ; Miaa Wil- ' liama threw her portmanteau to him from the window and then joined him, and took the Urat train to Leamiugton, The bride owns a large estate in North Wales and inherits a good sum in the funds. ! Levey is a dapper young man, about UO years of age, and nearly two inches shorter : than his wife. â€" MurKhaler Courier. THE LADIES' COLUMN. Ooucerts in Bridal and Other Oostomes of the Day. EXPEDIENTS POE PEESERVINO BEADTY. Lateat from Ireland. There is alarming and widespread in- crease in meaalea epidemic at Skibbereen. Whole families are stricken down. Mr. Charles Ilandcock, cousin of Lord Caatlemain, of Moigdrum Caatle, Athlone, wau killed on tho night of the 25th ult., by being thrown from his car. Tho Lord-Lieutenant on the 22nd ult. unveiled a portrait of the (,)ueen in tho Uoyal College of Surgeons, Dublin. The picture is a memorial of Her Majesty's Jubilee. T. Lydon, merchant, Kilkolly, has been sentenced to a month's hard labor for intimidating and interfering with the tolls and customs of Kilkelly on fair day, thu 2nd inst. The Land Bnb-Commiaaioncrs gavo judgment on tho I'Jih ult. at Limerick in ii'> cases in which tenants have applied to have judicial rents lixed, tho reductions rangiiigfrom 1,5 to 50 per cent., andavorag- ing ;i;t per cent. As two gentlemen from London were ascending Mourtie Mountain, county Down, on the 23rd ult, one of them, named Davis, fell a distance of thirty feet over a preci- pice and waa picked up in an uncunscioua state, lie is iu a critical condition. A very painful tragedy ocourreil on tb« 2Gth ult. on tho Clare coast. While a farmer named Lynch and bis son and daughtei, and another farmer named O'Doa and lii.i sou, were gathering seaweed on the shore, a great tidal wave rushed upou tbetn and carried them away. Cn tho r.lth ult. a daring bank robbery- was committed in Dublin. Mr, Douglas, a city merchant, was about to lodge a deposit at the Uoyal Bank in notea and gold, when he was asked, by one of two men standing by, the way to tho Hibernian Bank. He directed the men tu llie locality, and turn- ing round, missed the largo sum he had placed en thu counter. Ho immediately gave the alarm, but the thief had escaped. one uf thu rent* ut luilla. I watched a child of about 2 and a half yeaib injuiiiig a crust of bread. There was about it a swarm of Hies, and I do not exaygerate when 1 say two or three dozen were on its face at one time in patches as big as a half dollar, about the eyes and mouth. It would screw up its eyes when they threatened to go in. I thought some must have gone into its mouth with the bread. It did not seem at all annoyed. I saw a sleeping i^hild on the street whose faiMi was almost black with the insects. It smiled as if angels were whispering in its ears. I have seen men talking pleasantly together while a dozen tlies would be promi'iiadiiig about their faces, apparently unnoticed by tho owners of the faces. I a.sked a man how he could stand it. " Mashallah ! Thcydon't bother nie," was the reply. This has made the lly bold, and he Hooms unable to understand what a foreigner moaiia when he triea to drive him otT. He has, too, remarkable prehensile claws, and kcepa them keen and sharp when taking coiiatitutional walks over Kuropoan countenances. It was probably the knowledge of this quality which mado these people pronounce it bad luck to drive them off. They found it best to educate the masses to bear the intliction and get used to it. Nearly all tho religious and aemi-religiiiua prohibitions and usages of tho people of tho world probably had their origin in some material benefit. The cow was hard to raise in India. Tho cow was most necessary, so the wise priesthood mado her sacred and thus preserved her. Hogs' tlesh waa aubject to diaoaseainKgypt and Uyria, so the hog waa made rcligiously unclean and iufesiod with devils.â€" Card r llarri.ion in the Chicaijo Mail. Not lloine Yet. Mrs. (jhristopher Cross â€" This is a pretty time of night for yon to oome homel Mr. (Jhris, (Crosa â€" Sh'm, dear! Ain't oome home yet. Jes' called t'ahay y'needn'tsit up f mo to-night. On All Fools' Day a New Orleans news- paper printed a detailed and intereatiog account of a remarkable pocket telephone that had been invented by a young eleotrician in that city. Tho article, al- though written entirely as a joke, found its way as aorioua matter into the columna of several highly reapectable soientifio jour- nals, and a number of wealthy oorporatiana wrote to agents in the city authorizing them to begin negotiations for the purchase of the invention. (CCousin Kate's Weekly Contribution.) How to Keep a Pretty Hoath. Ked lips are the announcement of good health and good health is the fashion. Women who have very determined wills frequently get into the bad habit of draw- ing their lips together in a way they think expresses determination ; the lips aro very pliable and naturally assume the position which is ofteueat given to them, so she who feels on pleasant terms with the world at large, who makes it a point only to say pleasant things, will have about her mouth that something that the French call riante the look that tells of a laugh without the sound, and a smile that ia not a smirk. With all his gallantry it took a Frenchman to say this : " To be beautiful a woman must not talk much or she will contract her mouth in an aubecoming manner." Keauty lu Wedding: CostumoM. At a recent wedding the wedding gown was of pale tilleal, softened into a lovely shade by the large white tulle veil which covered the bride from head to foot. The bridesmaids wore costamea of white Corah silk, trimmed with pale green ribbon mixed with dark green velvet, and their hats were of drawn white silk, turned up with the velvet, and trimmed with a few loops of pale green ribbon arranged among a cluster of white lilac. Several youthful brides' gowns, intended for wear in June, have been made of white muslin and lace, with short train of rich satin or silk, arranged as a sash, in the full width of the material. But, as a rule, they are of extremely rich silken fabric, very long, and often elaborately trimmed with lace or with drapery of silk crepe or fancy gauze. Parlii Stiiiiiuer Styled. A cablegram from Paris says : The latest fashion for bridal dresses is a canova robe, plain straight priuceas dress of white moire. The front breadth is open up to tho waist and the satin or tulle jupe ia either a niaaa of lace, rouge and myrtle bloasoma or silver and pearl embroiilery. In any case the petticoat must not be seen. It muat only be suspended. With these plain robes real lace veils aro con- sidered to bo proper, and diamond pins are nsed even here where simplicity ia obaerved on this eventful day. Flannel drosses are coming oat again this season. At a garden party given this week by the Princess De Bagan she wore a white, orange and blue striped flannel over a lace petticoat. The outside cost but a few francs, but tho jupe was a dream of Irish point. Lawn tennis was the attrac- tion of the day, and this toilet was for that game. Short, plain skirts with slight drapery aro worn with half-Utting jackets open in front. Under these is the foulard or surah ohomisette. A more serviceable fashion waa never invented. Plain straw hats, with large windmill bows, complete this sensible outfit. ToBCa cane sunshades are beginning to appear here, with less admiration than in London, however, although entirely of French directoiro creation. They re<iuiro a tall, slight tigurc, and the I'arisienne rarely makes a serious mistake in the adoption of a stylo. Bernhardt has a willowy figure. Moreover, her cane, with its large cross piece Kaxoii haudle, waa at once laid aside in tho lirift act. It was merely a suggestion in tho picture. She (lid not attempt to walk about town or to go shopning with it. silly SouU. The latest for the tennis yo i" â-  min ia a bracelet. Trousered simpletoiu n»>v, i. -'n tho bangle ever since it canio iu, but thu hand bracelet is as new as the Butro road. Some favored woman ia auppoaed to lock it on some favored man's arm.â€" .S'.m I'ran- Cisco lieport. The llath tut a Kaautlller. Tho dread of a dark woman is sallowncss if her skin ia fair, and greasy coarseness if brunette- Oh, tho work aud care it ia to keep sui'h a woman in training, or she shows tho complexion of a cook and a thirty inch waist iu a aammer. The cure for sallowuesH is open air, coarse bread and sunshine. For coarseness it is the bread and wheat with plenty of bathing â€" scrub- bing with soap and water twice a week at very least, and underwear chauged through- out as often aa one bathes. Much is to be said about this changing of body wear, which is next to bathing in importance. I have seen dainty women toss aside cambric and lace, soiled with onco wearing in street dust, while they wore the same body suit of cashmere or cotton, by night and day the week through, saturated with the insensible wastes of tho skin. If they bathed mid-week the same vest went on again, to return its odors and fluids to the clean, open akin. A clean man or woman should air the person and tho inner wear every evening and morning, if the room is warm as it ought to be, or else change undervest and drawers twice or thrice a week. This change and two baths a week are better than daily bathing without it. Perhaps, uo change in living shows sooner in tho improvement of the complexion. The rough, red, pimply faceof youth yields at unce to coarse diet, hot soap and water hatha and fre<iuent clean nndershirta. "Four WiveHtlie Lliiilt " In Effypt. Polygamy is in practice everywhere in Kgypt. I-'our wives arc the limit. When tho man becomes tired of one wifo he casts her off and buys another. The (our favorites aro often seen riding together on a two- wheeled cart, and thepoor cast off creature, barefooted aud but half olad, with head un- covered (chastity no longer piotected), walk- ing in the rear to serve the younger wives. " Four," say thoy, " Mohammed taught is all that they can love at one time." The woman has uo choice. The man and the father of the woman consummate the con- tract, aud at midnight she is carried to his " harem," not knowing who it ia till she enters the den, in which every vestige of womanhood is hopelessly destroyed. Girls marry at 11 years of age, i. «., are sold as wives at that early age, but are then at maturity. Boys are educated in the public schools, girls never. Girls of U to 15 years of age are sold to men from 40 to oO and sometimes upward. They think it ia their fate. "It waa so to bo." It was alwaya so, they are told, and seeing the same state of affairs ail aboat them they cannot feel their degradation aa would a woman of a civilized coantry. Their huabands can beat them, divoitie them and still retain and enslave them, and they have no reconrse to law nor pity throagh mercy. Women here work in the fields, carry wood, manure and water ;. they chop, grub, plough, reap, gather stones for walls, make brick, eta, « and are not much with the yoonger children. â€" Cojro Letter. New Uevlces iu Ice-Cream, The S have been some new devices in tba way of ice creams, which are novel and in- teresting. At one grand dinner party a vast roae bash covered with beautiful rosea waa set upon the table, and the flowers were cut ok and one served to each of the gneata, the ice-cream being enshrined in the heart of each blossom. Another ia a dainty feminine boot in apricot ice. Some- times the color of the boot ia varied to match the hue of the toilet of the lady gaeat to whom it is served, groselleforniab- ing tho crimson, piatache the pale green, and a new aud perfectly inocuoua coloring matter called azurine aupplying a delicate pale blue. The oddest device is a slice or pate de foie gras, one of which ia served to each gueal. It ia chocolate ice, trufflea being simulated by thin alicea of liquorioa paste, and the surtounding jelly being sweet and flavored with liquor instead of being savory. When well done the deception ia perfect.â€" Paiia Car. St. Louit Poit-Dispatch, The PriDcess at Wales' liatli. The Pnnceaa of England, whose com- ple^on ia not only the iiuest, but who has best stood the wear and tear of time, takes her morning plunge regularly and in water fairly cold, but ahj Li particularly careful to promptly make twe of the flesh- brush, using gloves of moderate rough- Deaa rapidly over the aurface of the body, and, finally, the rough towel in a quick, general rub, occupying both for the bath and thia massage, if one may call it auch, twenty minutes in all. At night the same lady's bath is prepared tepid and of dis- tilleil water, the admirable advantage of which is not properly understood. Every particle of foreign matter ia removed from diatilled water, so that it is abso- lutely pure. It ccata about 12 cents pet gallon and can be used, a iiuart at a time, for a quick sponge bath, with admirable effect, especially when combined with a httle glycerine and rose water. â€" Vhiladel- phia fimcj. HeiiMonablo Recipes. Do you use eggs for frosting 7 Don't do it. Take live tablespoonfuls of milk, one cup of granulated sugar, flavor nicely with lemon or vanilla, then boil Ave minutes. Beat it hard until it ia cool enoagh to spread on the cake. The beauty of the frosting is that it is ready to cut as soon aa thoroughly cold. It is very nice with cocoanut or grated chocolate stirred in it. When eggs are high it isiinite a saving. V compote of fruit may be created o£ cream, sweetened and whipped until i{aits stiff, flavored with something delicate in essence, auch as rose or vanilla. Thia is gradually poured in the centre of tho frait, which must be large, aa a melon or large oranges. Lastly, the aouflleea, fundus, wiUi biscuit. The Unger-bowla are placed, and, if ices, are served with the dessert ; an ioe- plate must be placed on the dolly that covers the dessert -plate- Coffee is served after tho ladies retire. Cream biscuits harmonize perfectly with coffee. Bub one pound of fresh butter into one poatid of flour ; make a funnel-shaped hole in the centre ; iuto it put half a pound of powdered sugar, upon which the rind of a lemon had been rubbed previously to ' [Kmiiding, and three whole eggs ; mix the eggs well with the sugar, and mix all together, forming a flexible paste ; cut into round pieces, each nearly as largo aa a walnut ; stamp them flat with a butter stamp of amall size, and bake in an oven not too hot. Blanc Mange. â€" Take half a dozen bitter nlmouds and eight or nine ouncea of sweet ali.'ioiul^), I'lanched and peeled; pound them in a mortar with a little orange-flower water ; when reduced to a paate add rather less than a pint of milk, pounded loaf sugar to taste, a little more orange-flower water. Strain the mixture through a clo;h, squeoa- ing it well, into a basin containing eight or nine sheets of best French gelatine dia- solved in a pint of water; mix well, put into a mold set on ice ; turn it out just be- fore serving. A Last Keriort. Landlordâ€" Yea, madam, that house is for rent. Sit down. Desperate Applicant â€" Thank you. I have never been ao nearly dead in my life. I believe I have walked fifty milea to-day trying to get a house. Uow much is the rent? " Only â€" by the way, madam, have you any children ?" " Um-erâ€" nâ€" 0." " You aeem to hesitate about it ?" " Well, tho fact ia, I have children, but I intend to kill them to-uight." Thought Bettor of It, Wifo (to husband, who ia ostensibly going off for a day's iishing)â€" Ah, I do hope that you will be successful, John. I see that trout are quoted at S I a ixiund. Husbandâ€" No? One dollar a pound 1 I guess, my dear, 1 won't try for trout ; I hear thoy are very shy. But you can look out for a nice string of flounders.â€" ifarpw'f Utuar. WorklDB on Her Sympathies. Tender- hearted lady â€" "Y'ou look worn out, poor man, are you ill ? " Tramp (sigh- ing heavily)- " I couldn't bogiu to tell non, mum, how I have suffered from neuras- thenia. But I think I could eat another plate o' them apple dumpliu's." "Enny good butter?" inquired an old lady of the grocer. " There is never any Hies on our butter, madam." Then the old lady, whose knowledge of English is limited, said : " Well, if flies won't eat it 'taint good 'nough fer me," and she wont across tho way where only the ohoioe brands areieold. The recent Pennsylvania tornado picked up a church steeple, carried it a quarter of/ u mile, and put it down as squarely as if it had been built there. In the meantime, the rear end of the storm made shingles of the churoh. "John," said hjs wife â€" they wore in a sleeping car berth â€" " for goodness' sake, wake upl" " Wha-what'a the matter?" " You aro anoring so people will think we're off tho track."